Climate & environment

Two Maryland teams ran more than a dozen rescue missions over the weekend, according to the Maryland Army National Guard.

Brown boobies, rare birds native to the tropics, are getting comfortable on buoys in the Chesapeake.

2024 was the second-hottest summer since 1995, according to a Banner analysis of temperatures at Baltimore-Washington Thurgood Marshall International Airport.

Leaves are expected to change earlier than normal this year, and feature more yellows and golds rather than reds and purples.

Maryland can expect to see precipitation coming from Hurricane Helene by midday Friday.

Greenbury Point is a reminder that the Navy, where a rifle range has operated for some 100 years, can be a tough neighbor.

The Maryland Department of the Environment and Fleischmann’s Vinegar Company have reached a $1.1 million settlement over water pollution violations from the company’s Baltimore facility, MDE officials announced Wednesday.

In a notable reversal, Virginia will not open a winter dredging season for blue crabs in the Chesapeake Bay this year.

Water access advocates say County Executive Steuart Pittman has slowed the momentum they helped build on expanding public water access along the Chesapeake Bay.

For many, fall arrives with the equinox. For me, the shift begins when osprey cries are replaced in the skies above my home on the Chesapeake Bay.

The Community Action Council of Howard County secured a $2 million grant from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to revitalize housing units.

The rolling green fields surrounding an Episcopal church in Maryland conceal a secret: Native Americans made weapons here 13,000 years ago.

Medical waste and debris continued to wash up on beaches in Maryland, and officials say they will prohibit swimming as they investigate.

There is a chance of showers overnight, according to the National Weather Service forecast, with rain showers likely on Tuesday.

Assateague State Park, Ocean City and other Maryland beaches have shut down water access due to medical waste, including hypodermic needles, washing ashore.

Maryland authorities have filed suit against the developer and builders of a Harford County housing project, accusing them of polluting the Gunpowder River by failing to control muddy runoff.

“Gas-powered leaf blowers are effectively pollution generation machines,” said Councilman Ryan Dorsey.

Neighbors entered the normally locked gates surrounding the C.P Crane plant site to hear that their efforts paid off. C.P. Crane will become a waterfront park.

The advocacy group, Stop Grace Plastic Burning Project — made up of Columbia residents who live near the W.R. Grace headquarters — are holding a protest to stop the chemical company from building a pilot plastics recycling plant.

Anne Arundel County residents’ opposition to a bill prohibiting combustion engine-powered leaf blowers led to the bill’s withdrawal.